Chapter 6 Flashcards
Memory
The processes involved in the encoding, storage and retrieval of
information
Sensory memory
can hold vast amounts of sensory stimuli for a sliver of time.
Short-term memory
can temporarily maintain and process limited
information for longer periods (about 30 seconds, if there are no distractions).
Long-term memory
has essentially unlimited capacity and can hold onto
information indefinitely.
Iconic memory
Visual impressions that are photograph-like in their accuracy but dissolve in less than a second
Maintenance rehearsal
Technique of repeating information
to be remembered, increasing the
length of time it can be held in short-
term memory
Working memory
The active processing of information in short-term memory
Explicit Memory
A type of memory you are aware
of having and can consciously
express in words or declare,
including memories of facts and
experiences.
Implicit Memory
A memory of something you
know or know how to do, which
may be automatic, unconscious,
and difficult to bring to
awareness and express.
Semantic Memory
The memory of information
theoretically available to
anyone, which pertains to
general facts about the world
Episodic Memory
The record of memorable
experiences or “episodes”
including when and where an
experience occurred
Flashbulb memory
Detailed account of circumstances surrounding an emotionally significant or
shocking, sometimes historic, event
Procedural Memory
The unconscious memory of how to carry out
a variety of skills and activities
Serial Position Effect
The ability to recall items in a list
depends on where they are in
the series
Retrograde
Retro means “before,” and inability
to retrieve memories for events
that occurred before an amnesia-
causing injury.
Anterograde
Antero means “after,” and amnesia is the
inability to form memories for
events that occur after an injury.
